Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 207 (How To Set Your Drag, part 2)
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Thank you for joining us for the second half of our instruction for drag settings on your reel. Captain Art explains in detail the importance of having the right drag setting so you have the best opportunity to win the battle at the rail.
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Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 206 (Bait Making)
Welcome to another episode of Tackle Tip Thursday! Logan, a longtime Searcher angler, is here this week stressing the importance of being prepared for the important task of bait making on your long range adventures. Thank you, Logan!
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Nov 21 (November 15-23) Ridge Special
Good evening,
We started on The Ridge this morning where we caught tuna our first day down here. We saw almost not sign at all, but we stuck it out until 11 a.m. But it became obvious that it was a bust–the water had rolled over.
We took off looking for a kelp and after about 4 hours, Captain Ryan spotted a 30-ft kelp from a few miles away with dorado jumping on it. We scored on this one. All you want yellowfin tuna, all you want dorado and a few lucky guys got a wahoo.
We’re headed up for yellowtail on the beach tomorrow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
We got up to the area around Isla Natividad around 9am and started seeing fish right away. We’ve been picking and scratching all day. We have been seeing fish all day. They are not that eager but we’re putting a nice day together. Yo-yo was the best, but we are catching some on the dropper loops as well. Beautiful grade at 17-20#and a few 25-30# fish mixed in.
We’re rolling up. Going to do a few cod drifts for our last day of the season tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing everyone out next year
Happy holidays,
Captain Mike and the boys
Nov 19 (November 15-23) Ridge Special
Good morning,
We slid further down The Ridge last night to try for some yellowtail and see if there was any wahoo around. We haven’t seen any wahoo yet but we had a pretty good shot at some big yellowtail that are 20-45lbs, mostly 30lbs and up. There was a one hour bite window and then we just caught them one at a time until lunch. Big bruisers on the mackeral we caught the other day and on the yo yo jigs. We’re moving up to see if we can find some ‘hoos now.
Captain Mike and the boys
Good evening,
Minimal sign of wahoo this afternoon but we did hook one and lost it at gaff. We had a drift on mixed-grade tuna as well in our search. They were 10-25lbs. We ended the day here grouper fishing. We managed a handful of these beasts. We’re going to try a little tonight them move up to where we were yesterday for our last day on The Ridge.
Captain Mike and the boys
Grouper caught on 80# with a dropper loop and large Spanish mackerel
Nov 18 (Nov 15-23) Ridge Special
Good morning,
We got to the ridge at 0600, made one quick pass and saw sone premium tuna and put it down. They started biting right away. Very good fishing from about 630-8 am then we started to pick at them. The grade is primarily 20-45lbs. We lost all of our current here now and we’re looking around waiting for some flow.
Captain Mike and the boys
Ernie got a taste of the tuna!
Nov 17 (Nov 15-23) Ridge Special
Good morning,
We started at San Pablo this morning for no sign of yellowtail despite the beautiful water and conditions. So we started sliding down the beach and got into some 20-30lb yellowtail. We’re catching a few on the yoyos but the bonito are pretty bad. We’ll see if it cleans up here.
Captain Mike and the boys
Nice one, Rick!
Good evening,
Our yellowtail fishing never cleaned up this morning so we took off. We got into some good biting fish here after lunch. They are 18-22# yellowtail. Clean fishing on the dropper loops and yoyo jigs. They bit right until the sun went down. Very fun fishing.
We’re headed down to The Ridge. We will be there in the morning.
Captain Mike and the boys
Searcher family member, Doug, gets a yellowtail
Tackle Tip Thursday Vol. 205 (How To Set Your Drag, part 1)
Welcome back to Tackle Tip Thursday, anglers!
Today’s video is the first of a two-part segment addressing drag settings on your reel and featuring Searcher’s very own Captain Art Taylor. Check out his tips and demonstrations covering this important aspect of achieving success at the rail!
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Nov 13 (November 7-15) Ridge Special
Good evening,
We had a nice little cherry on the trip this morning. We stopped to fish yellowtail on the coast and got into some bigger fish –17-25lbs. We had one stop where they were boiling around, biting the surface iron. The rest of the morning we scratched, drifting along and yoyo fishing. It got breezy this afternoon. We’re anchored up eating dinner then were going to head for home.
Captain Mike and the boys
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